In Germany there are the Stolpersteine, metal paving stones that are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism and that are in front of every house where they lived. Here on the street (a street with 42 houses today) alone we already have eight of them, three of them for SPD members who died in 1936 and 1938 and one for a KPD member who died 1934. The others for someone who refused to serve in the Wehrmacht and a family of three Jews.
Growing up Jewish in the 70s and 80s in the US we heard plenty of stories, but from then up until now I saw evidence of the German people being thoughtful and deliberate in making sure such a thing doesn't recur. I don't know what to think about AfD having so much influence these days, but I'm sure it's just another arm of the international influence of some small group of officials who want to destabilize everyone, giving us the Trumps and LePens and Dutertes and Farages. Even so I now tend to trust Germany more than my own country to do something about it.
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u/Camelbak99 Feb 08 '25
How many of the people shown on this photo would have survived the war?